indefinable

英 [ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbl]

美 [ˌɪndɪˈfaɪnəbl]

adj.  难以定义的; 无法解释的

复数：indefinables　

TEM8

BNC.21190 / COCA.26368

牛津词典

adj.

• 难以定义的；无法解释的
  difficult or impossible to define or explain
  1. She has that indefinable something that makes an actress a star.
     她具备了那种使演员成为明星的说不出的特质。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 难以确切表达的;难以确定的;模糊不清的
  Anindefinablequality or feeling cannot easily be described.
  1. There was something indefinable in her eyes...
     她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。
  2. His head felt lighter in some indefinable way.
     他的头不知为何有点晕眩。

英英释义

adj

• not capable of being precisely or readily described
  1. an indefinable feeling of terror
  2. an abstract concept that seems indefinable
  Synonym:undefinable
• defying expression or description
  1. indefinable yearnings
  2. indescribable beauty
  3. ineffable ecstasy
  4. inexpressible anguish
  5. unspeakable happiness
  6. unutterable contempt
  7. a thing of untellable splendor
  Synonym:indescribableineffableunspeakableuntellableunutterable

双语例句

• These words were uttered with an indefinable sound which startled the girl.
  这些话的口气有些暧昧，它使姑娘吃了一惊。
• It WAS the quality of it, the repose, and the musical modulation-the soft, rich, indefinable product of culture and a gentle soul.
  他爱恋她声音的悦耳、平和与它那动人的起伏&那是文化教养与高雅的灵魂的流露，柔和丰富得难以描述。
• There was something indefinable in her eyes
  她的眼神里有种难以确定的东西。
• There's an indefinable air of tension in this town.
  这城镇里有种难以描述的紧张气氛。
• An indefinable feeling of terror; an abstract concept that seems indefinable.
  说不清的恐怖感；看起来好像无法确定的抽象概念。
• The mode of expression_r, the tone and modulation of the voice, the choice of words, and certain other indefinable things distinguish him.
  表达的方式、音调的转换、遣词造句以及某种难以言表的东西会让他们与众不同。
• A sign that they are losing the sense of their criminality, and that they feel, even among thinkers and dreamers, some indefinable support which the latter themselves know not of.
  这说明他们已失去了那种自惭多罪的感受，并感到自己已在某些思想家和空想者中间受到一种说不上是什么的不自觉的支持。
• Every now and then, an actor or actress manages to somehow channel the vitality of youth& that indefinable, natural, unprocessed glamour full of possibility and filled with anticipation for an endless future, Baz said of the 23-year-old blonde beauty.
  总有这样子的一些演员，他们能唤醒年轻人的活力，他们充满着自然和未经雕琢的魔力，前途不可限量。Baz这样评价这位23岁的金发美女。
• To avoid a certain indefinable shame she felt at being caught spying about for a position, she quickened her steps and assumed an air of indifference supposedly common to one upon an errand.
  怕被人看穿她在找活干，让她感到一阵无以名状的羞愧，因此她赶紧加快步子，装出一副有事在身的那种人常有的漫不经心的神气。
• A kind of something indefinable hit me, I suddenly thought of even stray and am not qualified, while the tears poured.
  有种说不清的说不清的东西袭击着我，我突然想到甚至连流浪的资格都没有了，而失声痛哭。